An Army staff sergeant assigned to the Pentagon is being held Sunday on murder and other charges in the death of a police officer and another person.

Ronald Hamilton, 32, is being held without bond in the Prince William County Adult Detention Center on charges that include murder of a law enforcement officer. Officer Ashley Guindon was shot and killed after answering a domestic violence call at Hamilton's home Saturday evening. Two other officers were hospitalized with injuries.

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Officers received a call for a verbal argument around 5:30 Saturday evening in the 15000 block of Lashmere Court in Woodbridge. Police said when officers arrived on the scene, they approached the front door and were confronted by the suspect, who opened fire on the three officers.

All three were flown to Fairfax INOVA Hospital where one of the officers, Ashley Guindon, died from injuries sustained in the shooting.

The other two officers, Jesse Hempen, 31. and David McKeown, 33. remain hospitalized. Hempen is an 8 1/2-year veteran of the department. while McKewon has served 10 years with the department.

Additional officers arrived at the home and arrested the suspect without further incident. Inside the home, police said they found a woman dead from gunshot-related injuries and an 11-year-old boy. The boy was not injured.

Police said the investigation revealed Hamilton and his wife were involved in a verbal altercation that escalated physically.

Hamilton is an active duty Army staff sergeant assigned to the Joint Staff Support Center at the Pentagon, Cindy Your, an Army spokeswoman based at Fort Meade, Maryland, said in an email.

Officer Brandon Carpenter at the county's adult detention center said Hamilton is being held without bond at the jail on charges that include capital murder of a law enforcement officer, first-degree murder charge, two counts of malicious assault and two counts of use of a firearm during a felony.

Hamilton is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning.

The Pentagon, contacted via email, did not immediately confirm details about Hamilton's employment there or his arrest.